Luke 6:22

6:22 “Blessed are you when people ¹  hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil ²  on account of the Son of Man!

Luke 12:37

12:37 Blessed are those slaves ³  whom their master finds alert ⁴  when he returns! I tell you the truth, ⁵  he will dress himself to serve, ⁶  have them take their place at the table, ⁷  and will come ⁸  and wait on them! ⁹ 

[6:22]  ¹ tn This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo"), referring to both males and females.

[6:22]  ² tn Or “disdain you”; Grk “cast out your name as evil.” The word “name” is used here as a figure of speech to refer to the person as a whole.

[12:37]  ³ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 7:2.

[12:37]  ⁴ tn Or “watching”; Grk “awake,” but in context this is not just being awake but alert and looking out.

[12:37]  ⁵ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[12:37]  ⁶ tn See v. 35 (same verb).

[12:37]  ⁷ tn Grk “have them recline at table,” as 1st century middle eastern meals were not eaten while sitting at a table, but while reclining on one’s side on the floor with the head closest to the low table and the feet farthest away.

[12:37]  ⁸ tn The participle παρελθών (parelqwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[12:37]  ⁹ sn He…will come and wait on them is a reversal of expectation, but shows that what Jesus asks for he is willing to do as well; see John 13:5 and 15:18-27, although those instances merely foreshadow what is in view here.